Marie:
I sweep and mop the floor, walk the dog, clean the kitchen, change the baby's diapers AND when you come home, you just sit and watch TV. Why are you not helping me?

Mike:
Where is supper? Everytime I come home, there's no supper. And you make the bed only once a week. The baby's face is always so dirty. Why are you not doing your job?

From a third person point of view, Marie is doing a lot and yet Mike still complains Marie is not doing enough. Why is this happening?

Have you ever experienced or seen couples arguing about "Why you never help me!?!?!?!" I've realized this become increasingly common once you've moved in together.

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Mike is probably following his father's footsteps. Traditionally, men work and relaxes at home and women stays at home and handle all the household chores. But this has wounded their relationship.

Both of them wanted love from each other's Acts of Service. Marie wanted Mike to help her with her house chores whilst Mike wanted Marie to cook supper, make the bed and clean the baby's face.

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Is Marie not doing enough?

Do you think Marie is not doing enough? According to Dr. Gary Chapman in his book The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts, Marie is just not doing the most important acts of services from Mike's dialect.

Marie is just speaking the wrong dialect to Mike!

It's as simple as A.B.C.
To Mike, the most powerful acts of service is

Make supper before he comes home
Make the bed every day
Clean the baby

To Marie, the most powerful acts of service is Mike help her out in any house chores.

Both Mike's and Marie's love language is Acts of Service but they speak different dialects.

But hey, if it's as simple as A.B.C., why Marie and Mike didn't realize this?? They need to do ONE simple activity below and they'll finally know it.

What's surprising to me is some people need you to do top 3 things for them and their love tank will overflow! And some is okay with anything as long as you help!

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Figuring this out is the key.

Mike and Marie's story could be fictional but I'm sure it happens on couples right now. Here's how you can find out if your partner could be like Mike,

Both of you write down top 5 things that you want the other one to do.
Do those 5 things for 2 months.
See the results.

Now that I've written this, I'd like to try this with my boyfriend too 😍😍
I'll let you know the results in my next relationship series 😉

What say you?

What are your top 3 things that you would like your partner to do for you?
What acts of service besides than household chores you can think of?
What do you feel when your partner is helping you out?

Don't know your partner's love language? Request them to take the quiz here!

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Relationship Tips #17 Am I Doing Too Much or Just The Unimportant?

Is Marie not doing enough?

What's surprising to me is some people need you to do top 3 things for them and their love tank will overflow! And some is okay with anything as long as you help!

Figuring this out is the key.

What say you?

Don't know your partner's love language? Request them to take the quiz here!

Getting Started with Love Language

Love Language #1 Words of Affirmation

Love Language #2 Quality Time

Love Language #3 Receiving Gifts